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Sunday, 6 September 2009

Beddington Farm and Canvey- September 6th

Started off at the farm this morning doing a guided bird tour. An influx of Shoveler with 40+ on the lake but an outflux of waders with only a couple of Green Sandpiper and 1 Greenshank. 3 Swift still. Very little in the way of overhead movement in the westerly air flow.

Went to Canvey in the afternoon with Simon- bit of a clear out there too. Not many waders- only 60+ Dunlin and 80+ Ringed Plover and not a lot of diversity either. Oystercatcher numbers were up with 700+. No Little Terns or Whimbrels- moved on.

Without an easterly airflow September can be more fairly quiet in these parts. Lots of the staging early autumn birds move out (Little Terns, Whimbrels, flocks of Common Terns, Med Gull flocks, Blackwits etc).

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This is my birding and nature blog/profile. I am based at Beddington Farmlands which is being developed into a nature reserve within the Wandle Valley Regional Park in South London. I live and work from Beddington Farmlands and operate Little Oak, an environmental management company that looks after green spaces in our local area. Recently due to family commitments I've been living between London and Oxford and spending more time birding in Oxfordshire. I also have my foreign patch on the Azores where I escape to at every available opportunity. Whenever possible I leave my patches for a bit of general birding, exploring in the mobile obs (the campervan) and do a bit of music as a hobby. For more on my projects and background on the contents of the blog click on 'What's it all about?' on my blog.